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Doug Ford does not want to raise post-secondary tuition in Ontario

Doug Ford does not want to raise post-secondary tuition in Ontario

Ontario Premier Doug Ford said Wednesday he does not want to raise tuition for post-secondary students, despite colleges and universities struggling financially and a panel that recommended otherwise.
Ontario expands program to train long-term care staff

Ontario expands program to train long-term care staff

STRATFORD, ONTARIO — Ontario is extending a program that helps long-term care homes provide clinical placements for nursing and personal support worker students.
Ontario seeks municipal daycare audits, raising cost-cutting concerns

Ontario seeks municipal daycare audits, raising cost-cutting concerns

TORONTO — Ontario has ordered municipalities that directly operate child-care centres to do a value-for-money audit of their programs to determine if they could instead be operated by a "third party," raising concerns about privatization.
Ontario plans major nuclear refurbishment to meet growing electricity demand

Ontario plans major nuclear refurbishment to meet growing electricity demand

PICKERING, Ont. — Ontario Power Generation is moving ahead with a plan to extend the life of the aging Pickering Nuclear Generating Station by decades, as the province tries to secure more electricity supply in the face of increasing demand.
Kenneth Law, charged with 14 counts of first-degree murder, faces direct indictment

Kenneth Law, charged with 14 counts of first-degree murder, faces direct indictment

NEWMARKET, Ont. — The case of an Ontario man accused of sending lethal substances to people who later took their own lives will proceed by direct indictment.
Peer intervention, family support among proposed recommendations in Yatim inquest

Peer intervention, family support among proposed recommendations in Yatim inquest

TORONTO — Jurors at an inquest into the death of a teen shot by a Toronto police officer more than a decade ago were asked Tuesday to consider dozens of recommendations related to officer training and monitoring, peer intervention and mental health s
Marineland seeks to have charges over bears stayed, pleads not guilty

Marineland seeks to have charges over bears stayed, pleads not guilty

Marineland has pleaded not guilty to alleged offences regarding its care of three young black bears and has asked to have the charges stayed. The Niagara Falls, Ont.
Peter Nygard retains new lawyer after previous counsel withdraws from case

Peter Nygard retains new lawyer after previous counsel withdraws from case

TORONTO — Former fashion mogul Peter Nygard has found a new lawyer after parting ways with his previous high-profile counsel.
SIU investigating after man dies in crash involving truck that was fleeing police

SIU investigating after man dies in crash involving truck that was fleeing police

BURLINGTON, ONTARIO — Ontario's police watchdog says it is investigating after an occupant of a pickup truck that was allegedly fleeing from police died in a crash.
Four teens charged after fire destroys only school in northwestern Ont. First Nation

Four teens charged after fire destroys only school in northwestern Ont. First Nation

FORT HOPE, Ont. — Four teens have been charged in connection with a fire that destroyed a northwestern Ontario First Nation's only school last week. Nishnawbe Aski police say the suspects are three boys aged 13, 14 and 17, and a 13-year-old girl.